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  • Pavel Mazheika’s remand detention extended for another month

    Hrodna journalist and public figure Pavel Mazheika’s detention term ended on 31 January but was extended for another month. It has been six months since he is behind bars.

    BAJ was informed by the fam­i­ly that the pre-tri­al deten­tion cen­ter in Hrod­na stopped accept­ing vit­a­mins and med­i­cines for all inmates, includ­ing Pavel. The size of polit­i­cal prisoner’s care pack­ages is restrict­ed to 30 kg per month, his cor­re­spon­dence is blocked now and then, and let­ters only reach the fam­i­ly.

    The famous Hrod­na jour­nal­ist and pub­lic fig­ure Pavel Mazhei­ka was arrest­ed and detained in Hrod­na on 30 August and put into cus­tody in an unknown crim­i­nal case. His lawyer has signed a pledge of secre­cy.

    Fol­low­ing his arrest, a web­site ded­i­cat­ed to his activ­i­ties was set up.

    In 2021, a crim­i­nal case was opened against Pavel Mazhei­ka, artist Ales Pushkin, and “oth­er per­sons” under part 3 of Art. 130 of the Crim­i­nal Code for “actions aimed at the reha­bil­i­ta­tion and jus­ti­fi­ca­tion of Nazism.” The rea­son was the demon­stra­tion of a por­trait of Yauhen Zhykhar, a Belaru­sian anti-Sovi­et activist, with a machine gun on his shoul­der at a paint­ing exhi­bi­tion on 19 March 2021, the prosecutor’s office said. Mazhei­ka was lat­er released due to a “lack of grounds for deten­tion.”

    Sup­port the jour­nal­ist by let­ters and post­cards at the address: 230023, Grod­no, Turma‑1, ul. Kiro­va 1, Mazhei­ka Pavel Ivanavich.

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